1. The Hydrometeorological Service under the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic (hereinafter referred to as Kyrgyzhydromet) is a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry), which carries out activities in the field of hydrometeorology and monitoring the level of environmental pollution.

2. Kyrgyzhydromet in its activities is guided by the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, the laws of the Kyrgyz Republic, decrees of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, resolutions and orders of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, other normative legal acts of the Kyrgyz Republic, generally recognized principles and norms of international law, as well as international treaties that have entered into force in accordance with the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic, and this Regulation.

3. Kyrgyzhydromet is a legal entity operating in the organizational and legal form of a state institution, and carries out operational management of the property assigned to it, has accounts in the Treasury system, an independent balance sheet, fixed and working capital.

Financing of expenses for the maintenance of the Kyrgyz Hydromet is carried out at the expense of the republican budget for the corresponding year and other sources that do not contradict the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic.

4. Kyrgyzhydromet has a seal with the image of the State Emblem of the Kyrgyz Republic and its name in the state and official languages, other seals, stamps, letterheads of the established sample.

5. The full name of Kyrgyzhydromet:

- in the official language: "Kyrgyz Republicasyn Ozgocho kyrdaaldar ministerliginin aldyndagi Hydrometeorologiyalyk kyzmaty";

- in the official language: "Hydrometeorological Service under the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic".

Abbreviated name:

- in the official language: "Kyrgyzhydromet";

- in the official language: "Kyrgyzhydromet".

6. Legal address of Kyrgyzhydromet: 720017, Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek city, Kerimbekova str., 1.

Purpose of Kyrgyzhydromet

7. Implementation of the unified state policy in the field of hydrometeorological safety.

Tasks of Kyrgyz Hydromet

8. The tasks of Kyrgyzhydromet are:

- monitoring of the natural environment to protect the population from natural hydrometeorological phenomena, to prevent or reduce damage that may be caused by them;

- forecasting of dangerous and natural hydrometeorological phenomena, issuing weather forecasts, river water content and water inflow into reservoirs, forecasts of avalanche danger, agrometeorological forecasts, forecasts of high and extremely high pollution of the natural environment;

- in accordance with the established procedure, the establishment and development of international cooperation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, as well as monitoring of environmental pollution and avalanche safety;

- meeting the needs of the population, government agencies and sectors of the economy for hydrometeorological information and information on environmental pollution, including dangerous natural hydrometeorological phenomena.

Kyrgyzhydromet functions

9. Kyrgyzhydromet performs the following functions in the established field of activity:

1) the functions of implementing sectoral policy:

- makes proposals to the Ministry:

on the development and implementation of a unified state policy in the field of hydrometeorological safety;

on the development of draft normative legal acts regulating hydrometeorological activities in accordance with the requirements of international treaties that have entered into force in accordance with the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic;

- ensures the development and improvement of the national system of hydrometeorological observations;

- carries out a systematic analysis and generalization of information on the prevailing meteorological, agrometeorological and hydrological conditions, pollution of the natural environment, as well as avalanche hazards on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic;

- implements tasks related to the monitoring of water resources and the maintenance of information systems, the state water cadastre;

- makes forecasts of weather, river water content, water inflow into reservoirs, avalanche conditions, natural hydrometeorological phenomena, extremely high levels of environmental pollution, phenological forecasts of crop yields;

- forms and manages the State Fund of Hydrometeorological Data and Environmental Pollution data necessary for the hydrometeorological justification of the design, construction and operation of industrial and economic facilities, the development of a strategy for the long-term development of the national economy;

- compiles and prepares for publication scientific and applied climatic, agro-climatic, hydrological, snow avalanche and other reference books;

- participates in the prescribed manner in the work of state and departmental commissions for the prevention and elimination of the consequences of natural disasters, accidents and catastrophes caused by dangerous and natural hydrometeorological phenomena or pollution of atmospheric air, water, soil;

- represents the interests of the Kyrgyz Republic in the World Meteorological Organization and in the Interstate Council for Hydrometeorology of the CIS member States;

- participates, within the framework of its powers, in national interdepartmental and regional commissions on climate, adaptation, climate services and other climate-related issues;

- carries out cooperation with foreign and international organizations in accordance with the established procedure within the limits of its competence;

2) Regulation functions:

- conducts systematic observations of meteorological, hydrological, snow-avalanche, glaciological and agrometeorological conditions, the state of crops and pasture vegetation, the state of the natural environment, including the radiation situation, and ensures the collection, analysis, generalization of this information;

- carries out internal metrological supervision of measuring instruments and ensures compliance with the rules of metrology and standardization;

- participates in the international exchange of information within the framework of the Integrated Global Observing System of the World Meteorological Organization;

- provides information to the public about expected dangerous and natural hydrometeorological phenomena, weather forecasts and their impact on economic activity through the mass media;

- jointly with interested ministries and administrative departments, carries out state accounting of water resources (in terms of quantitative and qualitative indicators) and their use according to the unified system of maintaining the water cadastre;

- monitors glaciers, snow avalanches and maintains their inventories;

- participates in the work of the National Water Council and the Basin Council;

- carries out proceedings on cases of violations within its competence;

3) Service delivery functions:

- provides a state paid service for the provision of specialized information (meteorological, hydrological, agrometeorological and information on background concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere of cities and towns of the Kyrgyz Republic) at the request of individuals and legal entities on a contractual basis;

- maintains the state register of manufacturers of information products;

4) Support functions:

- carries out international cooperation within its competence;

- is engaged in the development of methods of specialized hydrometeorological support on issues related to the competence of Kyrgyz Hydrometeorological Committee;

- is engaged in equipping the observation network with instruments and equipment, spare parts that ensure the collection, processing and dissemination of hydrometeorological information;

- carries out repair and restoration measures to maintain office residential buildings and structures of the Kyrgyz Hydromet observation network in working condition;

- participates in measures for the expeditionary inspection of avalanche-prone areas and territories, gives conclusions on the need for preventive (forced) avalanche descent to ensure the safety of the population and economic facilities on the territory of the republic;

- organizes the certification of the engineering and technical staff of the Kyrgyz Hydrometeorological Complex in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic;

- organizes professional development, training and retraining of specialists in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, monitoring of environmental pollution and avalanche safety, provides practical training for students of relevant fields of activity;

- ensures the implementation of international projects and programs, organizes accounting for the receipt and use of financial resources, humanitarian aid, investments from all sources of income;

- in accordance with the established procedure, considers appeals, applications, complaints from citizens and legal entities on issues related to the jurisdiction of Kyrgyz Hydromet;

- cooperates with departmental hydrometeorological organizations and services, legal entities and individuals.